Growth Strategy
Mar 27, 2013 in Parenting
Usually, if a person comes up and says “guess what! I doubled my body weight in two months!” one is not full of praise and compliments. Equally usually, the person… Read on…
Time's A-Waistin' -- Productivity (or the Lack Thereof) and Parenting
Mar 18, 2013 in Parenting
It’s kind of astounding how much time is completely unproductive when a baby’s around. I used to have my vast to-do list and every free minute involved pulling the next… Read on…
Family Indeed
Mar 10, 2013 in Parenting
Now that we’re parents, we’re always looking for entertainment that’s targeted to the right intellectual level. Not for our son Declan, at just 6 weeks old, but for ourselves, at… Read on…
Exile
Mar 3, 2013 in Parenting
I’ve been exiled to the garage all weekend long. It’s because I did the worst thing a new father can do — I got sick. So here I am, stuck… Read on…
Priorities, Priorities
Feb 26, 2013 in Parenting
This is my second week back to work from my paid family leave, and it’s stunning how my priorities have changed. For instance, earlier this evening, I was avoiding doing… Read on…
Just Like on TV
Feb 16, 2013 in Parenting
A TV dad is not truly a Dad until everything goes wrong — there’s that moment when the child has thrown up; the car has rolled down the hill; dinner… Read on…
Nostalgia, Already
Feb 14, 2013 in Parenting
I was re-packing Declan’s diaper bag yesterday and out came a little packet of gauze and vaseline we’d put in there, for properly wrapping his new circumcision when changing his… Read on…
Dear Declan, Day 20
Feb 12, 2013 in Parenting
Dear Declan,Today you smiled at me, and it was the greatest thing I’d ever seen. Now, you’ve been around for not quite three weeks, so I rather suspect that this… Read on…
In the Care of Others
Feb 9, 2013 in Parenting
It seems, on the one hand, a little absurd that two people who just had a baby would be thinking about giving that baby to someone else to care for…. Read on…
Enemy Mine
Feb 3, 2013 in Parenting
Before we had this baby, everyone warned me that the lack of sleep would be my most formidable challenge. Although I’m writing this at a quarter of two in the… Read on…